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HANDBOOK 

OF 
CONTAINING A 1. 

I 

BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ISLAND, 

WITH 

NOTES OF INTEREST TO SUMMER VISITORS. 



NANTUCKET: 

Published at the "Island Review" OflRc^, 

Main Street, 

1874. 



PRICK TH^EHTTY-FIVE CEWXs*. 



HANDBOOK 



OF 



COXTAi:&irmG 

A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
THE ISLAND, 

WITH 

NOTES OF INTEREST TO SUMMER VISITORS. 
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: NANTUCKET : - ^k^ '^-' 

Published at the "Island Review" Office, ' 
Main Street, 
1874. 



t R.\ND BOOK OF NANTUGK-ET 



the liberal aid Fecyived from our friends iiTthe' shape, of advertise- 
ments, we y^ive our sincere thanks,; and as this is (.uj" iTfst attempt at 
publishina' in Ijook form, we crave the'indiii.^-^hce of the kind jiub- 
Hc if we have cominitted any glaring mistakes. 

A Preface, at the best, is but an apf)log3' , and according t(. thi 
time-honrrred custo'ii of authors and i)ublishers, we submit this ex- 
cuse— that among the chaff we publish here, may there l)e found ? 
few souncl kernels. ._ 

Editor op TK6_^'IsL;,A>5D''REviR\v." 

I»?anl)acket, July 30th, 1S74. 



:!A5(HIST0mCAL SKETCH 

OF THE 

llSLAND OF NANTUCKET. 



Although it is popularly Supposed that Christo- 
pher Columbus was the original discoverer of 
America, in 1492, it is now absolutely certain that 
seamen" had preceded him centuries before, and 
that lie was only repeating history when he an- 
nouncM to a more enlightened world the existence 
of a vast continent across the ocean, for it is now 
deiinitely settled that a bold and hardy Norwe- 
.2;ian seaman crossed the stormv Atlantic to colo- 
" nies in Greenland, in the.^^ear- 985, discovering 
Nantucket on that voyage,' nanijng it Naidko]!. 

Our island, from the tin^e this daring, navigator. 

^T)jorne Herjulfson b-y name, discovered it, seems 

to be without historical "record, >i*i">til 'it was visited 

by Bartholomew CxOsiTold, an Englishman, in the 

vear 1602. 

In the year 1620, Nantucket was inch id ed ir 



4 KAND BOOK OF NANITICKET. 

the grant to the Plymouth Company under a' 
patent from the English Crown, under which' 
patent, AV'illiam, Earl of Sterling, and Fernando 
(lOrges, claimed authority over it, and by whom 
it was conveyed' tb Thomas Mayhew in 1640' 
or 1 64 1.' 

Some eighteen years Mter, Thomas Mayhew 
sold to Tristram Coffin, Thonia.s Hacy, Christo- 
pher Hussey, Richard Swain, 'Jt'iibmas Barnard, 
Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleaf, John Swain and 
William Pile, nine-tenths of the island', excepting 
that part called Quaise, (see map on Cover) to 
hold in common with himself. Each of these ten 
\vere authorized to select an associate or partner, 
and thus the number of proprietors was increased 
to twenty. The consideration named in the deed 
was, "Thirty pounds of current pay, and n.lso two 
beaver hats, one for myself and one for my wife," 

Although the ten men had become owners of 
nil the riifht and title to the island that the Crown 
could give them, yet they Considered that the tribes' 
of Indians who held possession were the true own- 
ers, so the}' com'mfenCfe'd to treat with the various 
->achems, and shortU^^ acq[uired by purchase, a 
large part of the land fromjhe natives* 

In 1659, in the fall, when the Qtiakers in Mass- 
■ichusetts were being persecuted for their religious 



flAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. ^ 

iCHARLES H. JAGGAR, 
^potliecary, 

Allen'^ Block, Main St., JSTantucket^ 

'l)EALER m 

Bnijs. Iflebtdncs, Cljcmitab, ;f (Lor- 
let Articles of all luubi 

M\ Stock of 

lProi»i*i<'tiiry Articlow is vcn- Large and Complete, etnbracing 
nlmost ///*' zvhole line in g^eneral use. 

Toilet and Bathing Sponges, Hair, 

jP^ail and Tooth Brushes, 

Toilet Combs* 

^y^ I .irtirular attention i^ivetl io the com pound in "' of PHl'SI- 
VlAyS PRESCRIPridXS. and FAMILY RECIPES. 

Ice Cold Soda witli Pnre Fruit SyruDS. and Mineral Waters 
drawn from Puffer's Patent Carlionated Appratns. 

Proi)rietor of .Tag-jrcr'.** Pt'i'Miau Jtaliii for tl»«' Iffair, 

wliirh has been in use nearly twenty years, giving very general 
satisfaction. 

A FULL ASSORTMENT OF 

ALWAYS ON HAND, 

\ , \ .'■ 

■M\t\ a general assortment of Confectionery at Wh«»l»;sa!e or Retail. 

^jPure Spices and Flavoring Extracts for Fainily iWivJ Hotel .u.sr,>iid 
:'5i)nni',WaftH-,s in Bottles. ■ .> i . . 

m-.;iL'nS .ill : -^ ;, , . 



/i. HAND'' BOOK OF NAOTUCKET. 

tenets, Thomas Macy of Salisbury, having given-^ 
shelter to some /riends during a tempest, incurred- 
.hereby the displeasure of the people and the law, 
and to avoid punishment, and also escape to some 
place where more liberality- was tolei<ited, took his 
family and Edward Starbuck in an open boat, ar- 
riving in a short time at Nantucket, landing on the 
north side of the island. 

I'lie liberality of feeling in Thomi^LS Mac\^,to as- . 
sist suffering humanity, iu>-t an. age^ of superstition, 
and religious bigotry, even if. the: objects of his 
charity were of a despised and persecuted , sect, 
has been sung to the world in a hymn of praise, 
Uy a poet, who belongs to the denomination that 
was then placed beyond the pale of society and 
kiw, and at this late day preserve their faith with 
increased purity, and , rem,ember gratefully that,^ 
there was one man that dared .to obey the dictates 
of his conscience at all hazards, and relieve their 
suffering brethren, even if it brought punishment, 
on his own head; and nowMiearlv two centuries 
later his act is still remembered and his praise, 
sung by one of their own faith, in the beautiful 
poem entitled "'Jliic-Exiles." It is hardly neces- 
sary to say that the poet is the bard of the pres- 
ent time — Whittier. 

Therewere about hfteen. himdreid' Indians di; 



-HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

To Sailing ]?ax*ties! 
THE COMMODIOUS 



—AND— 



SPEEDY YAj ECT 






1VVILLIAM JEENEGAN TMAS lEli, 

Can be found at Steamboat Wliarf 
ready for Bhie-fishing, Sbarkiiig, Seiip- 
ping. Clambakes, and Moonilgbt Ex- 
em'siojis. 



?*> iBt 






Js. fitted ii'iii'i excellent cabin accorninodailons and no 
pains will he spared in securing the COMFONT 
OF FASSENGERS. 



®^ AppL : ard the .\.e;d- -.-, at the He 
corner Centre and Fearl street '. 



§ JiAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

tlie island, when the fugitives arrived here, and thtv^ 
white niiij,U,foiind that they- were friendly arid peace- 
able, the natives treating the strangeris with great 
kindness. Fish and fowl were plenty, and the 
wandej^ers finding they were hospitiably received, 
located at Maddeket harbor where thev-built them 
a house.^ 

During tlie 'sprihg of' i66o'; Edward Starbuck 
went back to Salisbury, and prevailed upon sev- 
eral of the joint proprietors to take their families, 
and return with him to his new home to settle 
there. As an inducement for immigration • the - 
proprietors granted ' to seven other persons, priii- ' 
cipally niechanics, a share in the whole island 
equal with their own, provided they- would move-' 
here, anxl make new. homes. • 

Every year they selected a n.ew^ tract of land,' • 
cleared and fence-d it, and after it " wa,-s re-adv- to- 
feirm, dividied it ■ into twenty-seveiv' shilres, each 
owner in common tilling his own portion or not as- 
he desired. 

Having, after a time, acquired considerable num- 
ber of cattle and sheep, the stock fed at large 
on the island, roaming at will, except in the month 
of June, when the sheep were driven into enclo-"" 
sures, washed and sheared of their fleecy- coat4?' 
and then turvied out to pasture as before./ This 



HAND BOOK- OF NANTUCKKT. c/ 



THE FAST-SAILINC 



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AND 



00>>I >IX>1>"1 o i^ ^ ^^^voiiiir-' 



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ITE. ©LOIII^. 



CAPTAIN j: Mi.WlNSLOW, 

Win lie at Steamboat Wharf the 
present Seasoa- 



l^iT Pctrtics taken S/iarkin^, Bin •fjs/iini^ aih! 
Sc'upping. ]\irt'iciiIaraftciition paid lo Cu^.nhakjs^ 
Picnics and Moon/i,i:/if Excursions. 



10 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

method of paring ^r the stock was. kept up for 
nearly two hundred years, only ceasing in 1848, 
when, by vote of the proprietors of the common 
and undivided land, on account of the great abuses 
that had crept into the custom, the principal one 
of which was the fact that many persons pas- 
tured more stock than their inheritance or pur- 
chase of land gave them privilege to use, it was 
decided to restrain all from pasturage outside of th€ 
enclosed tracts. The greatest objections to this 
regulation came from those who over-stocked, and 
tliose who owned no land at all, and was the cause 
of many and bitter dissensions; but it was finally 
accepted, and "The Sheep Question" resolved it- 
self into a subject for argument for many g, year, 
until now, dying out, is hardly thought to be v^orth 
mentioning. Those of us who remember the time, 
however, when our common and undivided land, 
outside the town was dotted with some ten thou- 
sand sheep, remember Nantucjs:et iiT her' palmy, 
days^ when our streets resembled the crowded ^ 
thoroughfare of a city, (we w^re, even aspiring to 
be one,) when business was brisk, the air resound- 
ing with the noise o.:f tbe, caulking-iron,- a§. the car- 
penters worked like bees on the shipping at the 
wharves, the coopers a,icUng in the hum 'of prosper- 
ity as they hammered in swift cadences, "cooper. 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. ii 

G. F. BARREAU, 
Fashionable Tailor. 

HAS CONSTANTLY ON HAND 
Jl. FxxU Line of 

Jforeigii ;nt^ domestic 
Woolen Cloths & Vestings 

— AT— 
]Vo. 39*Oalclei-'s Block, 

Main Street, Nantucket, Mass. 

'1^" Every Garment Warranied Peffed, 



or 



52 ha:^^d book of xNantucket. 

cooper, round the cask!" whik the sturdy bhick- 
sinith, with his heavier tools, his iron at welding 
heat, aided by thfc fhainds of his lusty assistant, 
kept the air alive with his not unmelodious ring of^ 
■'''ten, pAund, 't-fen'! teis, pam^el, ,ten!" all contributin 
'their portion in fitting a ship to sail to all parts of 
the world to sedk Jfor the oleaginous gains that 
gave 'Nai^itucket the name of "The Home of the 
WhaEe-Fishery," the industry only relaxing when 
in June we annually went to Miacomet Plain op 
fOiir great gala-d.-.y of sheep shearing ; and ,v,;e long 
for the good old times when \we ,wi^iife ^^W (t^i^igaged 
in the busy pursuits of life, and hard times un- 
;known anihe isla,nd. 

'I'he early proprietors were generally illiterate ; 

so they induced Peter Folger, the grandfather cf 

Benjninin P'ranklin, to move here from Martha's 

X'ineyard, to serve as miller, '^Heaver i^id interpret- 

.^r w^ith the Indians, oncihi'^K a yhure afilan.d;beii>g 

offered for his use if he -would come, which ofter 

avas accepted, and he settled here about 1663. 

The first mill for i>rindinij ifrain was built some 
ihree years later. 

A\'hen Nantucket was first settled by the whites, 
'hey observed 'that whales were plent\- all around 
it, but not knowing how to kill them they were un- 
molested, until about 1668, when 4 ''scragg" whale 



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' 'Mt'm^ 










scs/ioy*' 



'I'his house havini;^ brcn tliDrDULrhly renovated, re-funiisln-d and 
i'!)hirir<'(l. is ikuv ojh-ikmI tor the !•<■( <'i>tioii <>t iru<'sts. In coniK'ctioii 
with thf liouse. arc yachts witli ("omi)i-ti-iit (■a])taiiis to convt'v ])avtii-s 
on #''iNliiii:f 1<]\ciir!«i«»it!«. C'luiiil»iik<'M. l*ic-XiCM, Ac. 



ii:^ .:^:n j^ HOT :.si:. 
175 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. (ODPsite tie Comoa 

HOvWE,^ ELMER. 

•A. I..iH',^^V,.K.-,;aJ.<- <>f Pavilliun-Hot.-l. Wolthoro. N. H. 
iW.y\. l',L>4lt;4^',.lat.-'.of LjinuuJ'hice Hytvl, Now York! 



.) 



U4 HAND BOOK OF NANtUCKET. 

.'was seen sporting around the inner harbor, so thej 
resolved to secure him if it were possible. Al; 
got together, a rude harpoon was speedily forgec: 
out, and with great peril they attacked the mon- 
ster and accomplished the feat of turning his flukes 
lip and' towing him to the shore. They little 
thought when they did this that they were making 
■the beginning of a business that was to found the 
wealth of the island, and secure for it a reco2;m- 
. tion of its importance throughout the globe. 

Their success led them to follow their perilous 
undertaking unti 1672, vhen they offered a grant q| 
land, with other privileges, to James Loper, tc 
move here "to carry on a design of Whale Citch 
ing." It is uncertain if Loper accepted this offer 
jrothing being found as yet to prove that he set' 
tied here, although the impression prevails amon^ 
many that he did come. At that time there wa; 
no cooper with sufficient skill to make barrels saf( 
enough to hold their oil, so John Savage acceptec 
an invitation to come here on the same terms offer 
/ed Loper, The inhabitants, whether Loper cam( 
here or not, now formed whaling stations at differ 
. ent locations on the beach round the island, erect 
•ed spars to . lookout from for whales, and S( 
with their boats at hand on the shore, were reach 
:to chase the leviathans of the deep whenever the- 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. i< 






PAIKTERS, SLAZIERS A^D 



♦ »♦ 



Vliolesale and Retail 



DEALf:RS IN 



Jaiuts, Oils, fmisjjfs, Stliiiboiur. 

NANTUCKET. 

M B. Paiatt, Eeiijafflin B. Long.. Henry PaddacL 



i6' HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

were descried. The Indians were very much 
pleased 'with the -newindustry^' its excitement and 
chmger being peculiarly, adapted to their venture- 
some -dispjositions, ^ancl they were very efficient in 
their aid.'- The most whales that were ever killed 
around the island in •onxt day was eleven ; and up 
to the year 1760, shore whaling was pursued with' 
vigor, not a single white person having been killed' 
or drowned while-in. the. business; and as th^ whales-^ 
u'ere now getting ^cViree in the vicinity of thedand 
the pursuit from the-shore was abandoned in this 
vear.' • 

'i'he whales have all disappeared from our wa- 
ters, akhough an occasional one will wander in our 
vicinity, seeming to taunt us with the sight of his^ 
presence as we reject on the- formei" of our^ 
ancestors. 

AMien whaling from'" the ' shorfe" was give'ii'itp. . 
tliere was no regular town; but in 1673, a site was^ 
decided upon, and by order of the Governor of' 
New Y-ork, the island then being under his juris- 
diction,- the site v/as incorporated as Sherburne-,-' 
and remained so for many years. Nantucket isl- 
and was a part of' New York until 1693, when it 
was ceded to Massaehti«>etts, and became part of- 
that l^rovince. 

Up to the period of i70f>,;the're- w-ere uo reli- 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKEt: • 17 

WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER & EIBRAVER, 

No. 5, Main Street. 

l^iT Repairing Neatly, and Promptly.' cxcciited. 
J^ifficult yobs Solicited: • 



—A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF— 

Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and 

Plated Ware, Spectacles, 

Eye Glasses, &c. 

.^tcrrosto|MC tlicius, 

embracing scenes in SIASCONSET and all other 
points of interest on the Island ; also- excellent 
views of the BLACK-PISH, "CUTTING \W' 
BLUBBER AT THE WHARF, &cf 



1$ HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

gious societies on the island amon|" the whites, al- 
though the people are described as being very de- 
vout in their manner, and greatly given to the wor- 
ship of God. Translations of the bible in the na- 
tive dialect had been introduced among the Indi- 
ans, and they had four churches. The bible the^ 
used was probably the Elliot translation, one hay- 
ing remained on the island up to a late period. 

In 1704, Thomas Story, an approved minister ol 
the Society of Friends, came to the island, and so 
great was his piety, and so impressive, his teaching, 
that a "meeting" was formed, which grew so in 
strength that nearly all became members, and the 
society was numbered by hundreds. There are 
two Friends' meetings at the present day, each 
branch (for the society i\i. later years split in two 
'^'■om internal dissensions) ha.ving their separate- 
meeting house, although the membership is rapidly 
decreasing ; and as there are few converts to the 
faith it looks as though in years to come Quaker- 
ism on Nantucket, like whaling, will be a thing of 
the past. 

The whales that had been .captured from the 
shore, were all right whales ; but in 17 12, Christo- 
pher Hussey, while cruising in a sm.all vessel near 
the island for them, being blown to sea in a gale, 
killed a spermaceti and brought it into Nantucket- 



HAND BOOK OF. NANTUCKKT. re 

W4 ^^p^*.^^ 1874., 



%'' M#Wg:lI 



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NANTUCKiET, MASS. 



OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. 



Pleasanty located on the .Sltore of Nantucket Harbor, it is withiii 
conv^nivnt distance of the Post-Office, Steamboat Landing, &c. 

COMMODIOUS BATHING HOUSES 

Are cc>n'neted witli the house for thc/ri'e use of its guests. 

S^ The jmre sea bre-zcs, unequaled facilities for Bathing and 
Filching, and various oTier attractions of the Island of N.intucket 
as a Si'iiside\Htt:ort, are too well known by all pleasure seekers to 
require mon- than a passing notice. 

HqKsc Lighted v.'iih Gas. 

TERMS. 

Transient, . . $2.00 Der Day 

For the Season, $10.00 to $12.00 per ^Veck. 



20 Hand -book of ^nantucket. 

This gave new impetus<to<the business, and small 
craft of about thirty tons were imi-(\ediately fitted 
out for cruises of from one to two months. Boats 
being discarded for vessels, it was now ,j^quisite 
that a suitable landing-place be made, so m -L.7^,3, 
the Straight Wharf was constructed ; that being the 
one at the foot of our Main Street. As the biisi- 
ness grew, larger vessels were obtained, and long- 
er voyages projected, until in 1775, there were 
about one hundred and fifty vessels in the business, 
some of which were quite large brigs. At this time 
there was a population of forty-five hundred of 
swhites. 

•The oil-factors of Nantucket were very energet- 
_ icin their business, for as early as 1745, they had 
j cojjimenced to export oil to F.urope on their own 
account, and by importing goods wanted in this 
country, matle. their ventures very pfotitable ; and 
^ the s^3erm candles that tkey shipped out proved to 
be of so superior a quality, and commanded such 
a readv sale, that many Nantucketers enjraged 
solely in that line of manufacture and export. 
^ A disease called "the plaguSy'- broke c>,ut ajnopg 

the Indians,- ill. 1 7^3. T-i..raged with extreme sever- 
ity among them for exactly six months, when it 
suddenly ceased. -Before -}^iis broke out there 
were three hundred and ,-fiftv-eiaht ; but when the 



riAND BOOK O^" NANTUeKET; ii 

AT ANGELL'S 
^rSTe^^r Drug Stelae 

May be found 

A FIRST-CLASS ASSORTMENT OF 

—ALSO- 
PURE CONFEGTIONEHY. 

Tobaccos and Cigars of the Choicest 
Brands at Boston Wholesale Prices. 

/antjj Coilet Irticlts, 

i 

Soaps, Brnslies, Comos, Sponges, Stationery, Envelopes, &c,- 

■Buy ISuiii, J-^Ioi-iil.i Wiiti'r, All Kiii«lN of ]>«>r- 
t'uin«>i\>, iiiid Kv«M\yt]kiiti:- tliiit PortaiiiM to a 

First-Class Drug Store. 

Ei'cryf/iing in stock is fresh and of tJic finest 
piality. 

lee Cream Saloons Supplied with Pure Flavors 
it the Lowest Cash Prices, 

^1^1" Physicians' Prescriptions AcctTR^f kl'^ 

OMPOUNDEDi 



^22 HAND BOOK aF 'NANTUCKET. 

'contagion was over, it was found tliat two hundred 
and twenty-two had succumbed to the fell destroy- 

' ex, Death. The tribe steadily diminished in num- 
bers from this time until 182 1, when tl^e last of the 
race, of full blood died; although one half-breed, 
named Abraham Quary, th^.lagt representative of 
the Nantucket tribe of Indifuis lived in- a little" hut 
near the Shimmo shore until .1854, wheii he passed 
away at the advanced age of^ighty-two, the whole 
race of Indians that our ancestors found here 
having done precisely as their neighbors on the 
main land did — by contact with the whites, become 

■ civilized from off the face of the earth, although 

' on our island they v/ere singularly exempt from 
wars, especially with the settlers, who aided them 
whenever they could, and always managed to keep 

' at peace with them. 

P^xcept when stirred to activity by the excite- 

' ment of whaling, they were very lazy, and at times 
would have suftered i^^reatlv if thev had not been 
helped by the white folks ; and . as they had ae- 

' quired a taste for the "fire water" of the whites, 
considerable difihculty began to be made. The 
settlers, to avoid trouble among themselves, elected 

. an Indian named Kadooda as a petty arbitrator in 

, the tribe, and his ideas of justice would in mai>y 
cases of law at the present dav pro\'e ver}"^ satis- 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 2^. 



JUST RECEIVED AT 

TOYS, BOOKS, STATIONERY, 
CONFECTIONERY, &c. 

Brackets, Writing Desks, PortfolioSy * 

Work Baskets, Beads, Mot- 

tos. Perfumery, 

PAPER and TOWEL RACKS, 

Pictures aild Frames, 

PHOTOGRAPH A^s^D AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS, 

and many other articles too numerous 
to mention. 

SsGOiid-Miid Books selling LOW Irom tlie ''Circulating Lilirary.'' 

^§^ Please call and examine our stock for 
yourself. 



,24 I^iAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

fiwtpr}^ to the public : before proct5ediiig %o listen 

^ to their grievances, he used ofteti- 1© ord^ji* both 

• plaintiff and defendant to be soundly whipped. 

This method of securing justice v/S.^ arbitrary, but 

the Indians accepted it as l^nal, for as- one of their 

bvvn race administered the sentei>Ge" and puni&lft- 

ment, they were sa-fis^ed, especiallf when they saw. 

that the whites, whenever there were disputes 

among themselvesv a©ttled their diffefeiices by the 

decision of one cff ih>""i? Ctwfi choosing, after he 1 

had heard thq facts M0f the case plainly set forth 

by each side. Thc^re was no room for pettifoggers 

<at ^lifft,. ii)^eri<^d., and to this day our islanders avoid 

. suits at law as far as possible, preferring to refer 

. to three fcjtir men for .settlement of their disputed; 

;: iptili^tey fear that suits in court will, at jtvidgment, 

i^-nake each side feel that th&y would ha\-e been 

.^better off, if before bringing suit, they had received 

;v:a .;little "Kadooda law" artd both been whipped. 

In the year 1774, when a speck of a war cloud 
: fCould be seen rising iff th# political horizon be- 
jp-ween England and her American colony, the in- 
habita'r>t6:;©f:OUt- island wero greatly exercised in 
their minds itb0>*t the sitf>ation of affairs. There 
*N'ere various reasoi"*'*^' S^hy they should feel thus 
perturbed in spirit, foi* they were differently sitU" 
-Hted than almost any other colonial community. — 



SUMMER ARKAXGEMENT. 
NANTUCKET AND WOODS HOLE. 

OAK BLUFFS AND VINEYARD HI(}HLAND,S, 
Edgartown and Katartaa. 

JINEYARD HAVEN AND EALMOUTH JEIGHT?. 

<Cimunenciii.tr on Monday July 6th,;,{^^<\ ther«?tfter 4JTKtil ^urthef 
.notice, tlie steamers 

ISLAND HOME, CsQRirfttirt^K., H .Mantef,- 

RIVER QUEEN, Captain Geo. H.j;Kfq,clc, 

,\viU make daily trips as follows : 

Leave Nautiieket at 7.45 a. m., 2.30 ism. 
, l^eave Oak BlulTs-at 6.30, 10.20 a. m., 1.20 i-. m. 

..Leave Vineyard Highlands at 6.20, 10.25 a. m , 1.25 p. .m., conn^K-'t- 
:itig at Woods H(»le with train.s of the OUl Colonj- Railroad, leaving 
at. 7.20 A. .M.. 11.30 (e'xpress) .\. .m., 2.35 i'. .\i. 

..R(.-turninij, leave Woods Hole for Vineyard Hitfldands and (^ak 
HluJls, nt ij.'^p, A. .rfi., directj. 2.m. v". m. direct, 6.45 i'. m., (tpuchintria-t 
Vineyard Havf'.n.) 

; ;ith.'-' steamer for NantU^HetcKVftnects at Woods Hole with the U..30 
kJ^.i'>T.7ir;iiu from Boston landin^'jiassi-nirers at Nantucket at 5.45 I'/m., 
and on Saturdays the 4. i'. .m. train Mill also comiect with the Riv;ef 
Queen at Woods Hole, touching at Oak Hlufi's and arriving at Nan- 
tucket afc IP. J'.. M. 
.Leave Vineyard: Haven ff)r Oak Bluffs anc] Wo'xls Hole at 6.00 a n>. 
i,JL.oav«j\W6t>ds Hole, for Vineyard Hayi-n at.6.43 p m. 

Leave OaV;BluiIintfor. Nantucket at S.35 a m (excepting Saturdays. !: 
^n/J 3- 30 1> f«. and on Saturdays at 7.4? p m. 

'I'rains connect at Middlehoro' for Tauntim and Providence, W;ic 
a m, 1. 10 ami 4.40 j) m. 

Passen.gers from MarthaiSi Vineyard connect at MidtlleWro^.-at 
10.10 a m, with trains for Hartford, via Providence, jtnd, for Nevi; 
York, via Fall Rivi-r lini;.4<.4o p m. Leave Providence i'or Oak Bluffs 
at S and 10.50 a m. For Nantuck'-t, at 10.50 a m. 

Throngh tickets for sale on the ♦beats, and baggage checked via 
Old Colony Railroad to New BethVrd, i'aantou, Providence, New 
Vork, Philadelphia, Boston., BrQc-kton, JNliddlel.'oro', Fall River and 
Newjjort. 



■26 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. \ 

The majority of the people were Friends i 
rehgion, aud consequently opposed to war ani 
bloodshed on that account. Then the greate 
part of their property consisted of \thaling vessel; 
at sea, and they feared their capture by armec 
ships from England M'as. inevitable. There wa; 
nothing they could do however to stay the cours( 
of events, so they waited in resignation, withdraw' 
ing their vessels from service as fast as thej 
arrived ; and as good luck attended them the) 
nearly all came home in safety, but few bein^ 
taken. Those who followed the sea and also the 
mechanics whose livelihood depended upon the 
fitting of vessels were thrown out of employmentj 
so they were forced to seek new methods of earn- 
ing bread. Cod-fishing from the shore and farm^ 
■ing on the land immediately began to be attended 
to, and our energetic ancestors were soon bi; y 
in their various ways. The sound between the; 
island and the main land was soon fidled witl: 
British cruisers, and the supply of provisions novv 
■getting short, a new trade opened. Blockade-run-j 
ning was attempted by the more daring, and sooJ 
a number of idle whaling vessels at the wharves^ 
were engaged in this business. Fast brigs and 
schooners were loaded with oil, candles and fish^ 
and despatched to the West Indies to barter for 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET, 2/ 

t\)t f tcaiiitr Islanii |)oinc 

^\'ill make a 

DAILY EXCURSION TG NAHTUGKET, 

(SATUKDA\:S & SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) 

Leaving Woocl- Hole at 7.30 a. m., Falmouth 
eights at 8 a. m., and Oak Biutis at 8.35 a. m. 
Returning, will leave Nantucket at 2.30 p. M., 
d Oak Bluffb at 5.15 p. m., for Falmouth 
eights, thence i- 1 Woods Hole, arriving there at 
)out 5 p. M. 

xcursion Tickets between A\'oods Hole or 

Falmouth Heights and Nantucket to go 

and return, . . . $1.50 

ngle Tickets, . . . i.po' 

;t\veen Woods Hole or Falmouth Heights 

and Oak Bluffs to go and return . .6c,' 

ngle Tickets, . . . .5c 

itween Oak Bluffs and Nantucket to go 

and return, . . . 1.2 ct" 

ngle Tickets, . . . .75 

All excursion tickets are good until October ist. 
1 either boat except so far as they relate to Fal- 
outh Heights ; the latter class being vaUd only 
aon the excursion boat. 

C. C. CROSBY, Clerk 
! Nantucket, July 4th, 1874. 



28 HAND BOOK OF NANTUGKET.- 

goods required at home; The risk of capture wa^^ 
very great, and s6 many of the smugglers were 
seized that the v<^ssels that escaped being taken 
were finally withdrawn? Sail-boats plied between 
the island and Connecticut, however, their na\'i- 
gators running them wholly in the night time, the 
stormier the weather was,- the better their purpose 
being answered, although the danger of being lost 
at sea was inhnitely iriCreased.^ The inhabitants 
suffered greatly, however, for the necessary articles 
of life, fuel being among their great deprivations ,• 
although they made peat from the swamps lill that 
want as far as possible ; but when the British land- 
ed here in 1779, and sac::ked the stores of the town 
of what few goods they had, their cup of sorrow 
was lull to ovdrtiowing. 

There were a few^ Tories on the island, although 
the predominant feeling was fur tlie colony and 
ihe new movement for independence. Their feel- 
ings were greatly subdued, however, fur they dep- 
tecated violence, yet the success of tiie Continen- 
tal troops in war always gratitied them in secret, 
while re\'erses caused them proportionate depres- 
sion and gloominess of spirit,' 

The Provincial goxernment were so cramped for 
means that they were powerless to protect a little 
island like Nantucket, and so the people were 



♦ . • •• f 



■-HA'NB BOOK OF NANTUCK~ET„ V9 

Ji:isi Ixeceiveci ! 



A LARGE STOCK OF 



Watdics, Clocks, Solkl Sterling* Si-hn^r 

iuid Silver-Plated Wart' from the 

best maniifaeturers. 

Sea vShells, Chromos, Frames, Knobs and CcSrifi- 
Ferfumery, S-lationeiy, Stereoscupes aird 
■Stereoscopfc "\'ie\vs both For- 
eigil an\1 Americlin ; 
\ laige variety of Nantucket A^iews ; "Fadies'imd 
Ge-nts.' 'rra\elling 13ags ; the Parlor Ka- 
leidoscope ; Uinbrellas, Cai^es, 
VAr^ Cages, iS:c., Mvc. 

'^^^ j^itmy 'Eni:;ravihgUionc at Short /v'ia'.V: 



N. COeeSHALVS EMPORIUM 



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30 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

forced to live in perpetual fear of being raided 
upon by crews from vessels of war cruising in the 
vicinity, and they at last decided that their only sal- 
vation from predatory incursions consisted in de- 
claring a strict neutraUty, so in 1779, a committee 
was appointed by the inhabitants, and acting under 
their instructions went to New York, where they 
represented their condition to Sir George CoUieril 
Commander-in-Chief of the British naval forcesj 
and received from his hands an order prohibiting 
all armed vessels from meddling with the people 
of Nantucket or their home property. Of course 
what vessels they had afloat were not included in 
this protection. Shortly after this, however, a sloop 
of war was sent here with orders to destroy the 
place, it being charged that signals were being giv- 
en by designated jparties to warn in-coming vessels 
that they were liable to be captured by the enemy; 
It was proved clearly to the commander of this ex- 
pedition that it was a libellous report, and after 
thoroughly frightening the defenceless community 
he sailed without molesting them. 

When peace was declared, at last, the Nantuck- 
eters were filled with joy, although their business 
was destroyed. One old man who died a few years 
since, when alive, was fond of telling his recollec- 
tion of peace ; he said— "When I was a small boy a 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET ^r 



i. w. ai^iai 






DEALER 11^ 

FOREIBN AND DOMESTIP BROGERIES, 
FLOUR, 

CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, 

CANNED FRUITS, 

Table Sauces, Pickles, &c., &c. 

FKUITS OF ALL KINDS IN THEIR SEASON. 
Cobacco & Cigars of the Finest Quality 

CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 

COR. MAIN AND CENTRE STREETS. 
NANTUCKET, , . . MASS. 



32 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET, 

man came running up the street shouting : — - 
'Peace 1 peace !' :\nd ihen cheering lustily/' 
^* *\\'hy don't you hurrah, boy ?' he asi<:ed me." 
" *\\'hat does peace mean ?' I asked." 
"'T'lentv of white iDread and molasses,' was his 
reply as he hurried away to impart the glorious 
r:ews lo otliers." 

"I understood him in a moment, went to cheer- 
ing as loud as I could, and for years after thought 
peace meant, 'plenty of white bread and mo- 



lasses. 



'There were about one hundred and fifty whalers 
before the war, but when the revolution arri\ed at 
its happy conchision our island only boasted of a 
dcet of two. New craft was (.>btained as soon as 
possible, and the people began afresh. Whaling 
in the Pacific Ocean wns attempted in 1791, the 
first ship being sent there then, and it proved a very 
fortunate adventure, for she returned in about a 
vcar and a half with a full car^o of oil. 

Iri 1795 '•'■^ n;.n*.Jcf the town was changed from 
Sherburne to that of the island— Nantucket. It 
now increased in population until 1845, the war 
of 181 2 having occurred in th;n time, aUhough the 
isiarid d!d not suffer ::o much dei:rivation cluriiiLj 
iluit troublesor.ie period as it did in the protracted 
struggle of the country for Independence. 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET, 33 

J. ^W. HA.LLETT, 

Corner Main and federal Streets, 

NANTUCKET, , , , , MASS, 
MANUFACTURER OF 

CLOTHING, 

AND DEALER IN 






^aiMcfc^ illffi^U^. 



— AND— 



Sewing IVIachines 



34 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

It was durnig the war of 1812, that a sanguU 
nary battle was fought on the sea near our island, 
and the peaceful inhabitants saw the. horrors of 
war brought to their own door. 

On the loth, of October, 1814, a privateer with 
a prize ship in convoy anchored off the south side 
of the island. The privateer proved to be the 
Prince of Neufchaiel, a Yankee vessel, command- 
ed by a Frenchman who was so hideous in his 
appearance and so diininutive in stature that he 
is described as a very Caliban in looks. 

Shortly after they anchored off from Maddequee- 
cham Pond, a vessel that was in sight hull down, 
only her tophamper being visible, began to head 
for the privateer. 

The approaching vessel proved to be the British 
frigate Endyniioji ; and after overhauling the pri- 
vateer she hove to outside of her prey and pre- 
-j^ared to semd a boat expedition to capture her. 

The boats, five in number, left the E)idymion 
about 2 P. M,, the squadron containing 146 men, 
commanded by the first lieutenant of the frigate ; 
and they opened the battle by attempting to board 
the Prifice and carry her by assault, br.t was totalh- 
defeated in thirty-five minutes, the naval affray 
being witnessed by many from the beach, while 
the noise of the fight was plainly heard in town. 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 35 



l^ef^HnTMie^ WtiKf® 



Nii-v..- :;..:...•;„ -vr^: -.JV ->: ^ \„...r, " :.: 'ro^i-r-:'^ 



"^^ '^„:;»^ 



m. 48 ORANGE STREET, NANTUCKET, 



^0H:S^. W. MACY, Proprietor. 



77/t' facilities of this ^vell-known House are such 
that it coiHuiciids itself to the travelling public. It 
is situated in a pleasant part of the to7V?i, and 
commands a fne vie^v of the Bay and Harbor. 

WILLIAM A. SEARELL, (formerly Of ttifi ffaverly House.^ 



< 



Clerk> 



36 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKIET. 



I 



The Prince depended upon small arms for then 
defence, for having plenty of muskets they loadec 
two hundred of them and the result was, that tw( 
of the boats were captured, the largest sunk 
with all on board, and out of 146 in the boat ex 
pedition only 16 return^^ to i\\&'E?idymion. 

The privateer took but twenty-s^ven prisoner! 
and as seventeen of them were wounded the los 
of the assaulting party was terrible, the first liei 
tenant of the frigate, as well as the subaltern ofl 
cers being among the slaiii; and having lost a thii!' 
of her complement of men, the frigate ga^ 
up the attack in despair, and not daring to cpii 
in over the shoals between her and the private^ 
sailed away. ■■ ... 

Several of the crew of the Frince oj xVcuJch 
were killed, among them being Mr. Charles 
.Hilburn, of Nantucket, who was on board acti 
as a pilot. The wounded prisoners were se 
ashore in charge of five other prisoners, all unc 
parole, being landed at Ses^achacha, at that tnn( 
_ village of thirty or forty ^ houses, and from th< 
they were brought to town for medical assistan 

Sunday, October i6th, nine that were killed 
the fight, or died of their wounds, were landed 
.burial, and then the privateer sailed for Bos 
with her prize, arriving there in safety. 



Tb, 



^XND BOOK OF. NANTUCKET. 37 




\^;i: . x;j 



m m m m mi » ^^ 

BEST IIV THE AVOK.LD, 



^i^g-le ;|K;ee(l for aO ai|A Oa «lollar«. 

■\ ^ . -t 
Double Reed for llO, VS3, 130, 150, 190 dol- 
ing, and npM'ards. 

A.. T. JVLo^vry, 

So/e Age?tt fpr Nanhicket. 



■» ■»■ 



CAS FIXTURES 

B J!- !i 

OF ALL KINDS. 

Gas Stoves, Bur^ars, Globes, &c. 

THE CELEBRATED 

NOISELESS mm BURNER, 

:tac Best in tbe ITorld for Reading- or Se^viugr, 

FOR SALE BY 

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38 HAND BOOK OF NA.NTUCKET. 

The captain of the privateer was so elated with 
his success, that on hearing the frigate l\ad gone 
to the Vineyard, he declared he would attack and- 
destroy her there ; but as the British vessel carried 
forty-four heavy guns, he decided that pru- 
dence was the better part of valor, and after land- 
ing his wounded and dead, ended the thing bv 
proceeding at once to, Boston. 

Nantucket, despite her Quaker tendencies, had 
a good representation in the service of the coun- 
try, and we have obtained the following list of 
names, and the branch of service they were in : 

Daniel Fitch, Sylvanus Long (killed in battle),, 
Thomas Hussey, Christopher Bunker, John Bar- 
nard, Owen Russell, John Cottle, Andrew Coffip, 
Seth Long, Clothier Allen, John Kelley, Samuel 
Gardner, William P. Coffin, Seth Pollard, Solomon 
Coffin, Jr., and Edward Hussey, in privateers. 

Abisha Gardner, Amos Bowls, Henry Coleman 
David A. Macy, Matthew Jones, Barzillai Stetson^ 
William Worth, David Russell and Giles Folger, 
in the navy. 

Gorham Macy and William Keene were in a 
Spanish privateer ; and David Bunker and Charles. 
Gardner, 3d, in the ship President. 

In the army, there were : 

Jesse Parker, Caleb Cushman, Thomas q^^- 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 39 

WILLIAM B. STEVENS. 

ICE CREAM SALOON, 

Iain Street, Five Doors aDove \k M Oife, 

NANTUCKET, . . . . MASS. 



■♦ » ♦ 



FINE CONFECTIONERY, 

I'RtriTS, NUTS, &e;, 
Tobacco andt3igars, Choice Brands. 

1^" Families and parties supplied 7viih Ice Creairt 
■'■hn reasonable terms. 

ICE COOL SODA, WITH' PUKE rRUtT SYRUPS. 



40 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET,- 

ker, Thomas Kelly, Ezekiel Clark, Charles Swaiiif 
Francis Young, Joseph Elkins and Nathaniel 
Bunker, Jr. 

Of the foregoing list, all but two have passfed 
away. One is Captain William Worth, who was a 
boatswain on Commodore Porter's frigate, having 
joined it after having the whaler he commanded 
captured by the British ; and he yet lives to tell the 
tale of his cruise with the commodore. 

The other veteran is Mr. Edward Hussey, who' 
was for a time, a resident in a celebrated chateaii 
in England, known as Dartmoor Prison, he having 
been captured by the British, and been a partaker 
of its hospitalities. They are always ready to tell 
their experienbes in the '12 war, and their stories 
will well repay one to hear from their own lips, for 
they still retain vigorous minds of a superior cast. 
. Nantucket also boasts of another person, whoi 
in an humble way, was an active member in his- 
toric times, it being Mr. Robert Ratcliff, who was a 
petty officer on the British frigate that carried the 
fallen emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, to his island 
jail, St. Helena. 

An interview with these old veterans is really 
worth the while to those of tis who live in later 
dates ; for there is an indescribable charm in see- 
ing those who were actors in such excidng timeSc 



I 



.HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 41 

CLEAN SHORE 

M a # li i it g: MQ:(^ hi s ^ 

NANTUCKET, MASS. 

^»I>t>n from « A. ^1. to O 1». m.. until Octoticr. Int. 

Warm Salt Water Baths. 



I'hcst" r()(*in.s arc* well kmiwii as a p'at.L' nf sun.iricr rr.vtirt •iurin:; 
tliL' warm weather, and tlie subscriber will sji-arc no pains u> kiLj) iq) 
tiivir \vril ( st;il)Iisinf'. fii.ut;.tiuu. 

(Idod romfcrtable r^xvnis are provided, well liflitetl and warm':'*!, 
and every attiMJtion will he paid to the roniiWrt v>i visiti-rs. 



CHAHLES E. HAYDEN, 

I'roprietor. 

Nantucket, June 27th, 1S74. 



42 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

Banking-houses had been established, and the 
strict spirit of Quakerism began to break, the in- 
habitants, from their commercial communications 
on the main land having acquired a more worldly 
feeling, for they now began to conform more to the 
customs of their neighbors, A Universalist church 
was organized about this period^ the society hold^ 
ing their services in a hall leased for the purpose"; 
but that form of religion was too liberal in its teach- 
ings, and after languishing for a few years it died 
Out for want of substantial encouragement. 

Schools were opened to the public in 1827, and 
after a great effort by the editor of the Ltqiiirer^ 
Hon. S. H. Jenks, a High School was formed which 
iminediately began to acquire a good reputation 
for the scholarly attainments to be had from it ; 
and it enjoys its excellent reputation to this day; 

It was during this year that Admiral Sir Isaac 
Coffin, of the British navy, visited the island and 
found he was related by blood to nearly all o^ the 
inhabitants ; and being desirious of showing some 
regard fol^ his kinsmen, consulted their feelings 
and founded the Coffin" School, endoWii^g it liber- 
ally ; the school yet beihg in prosperous corfditiony 
having a high standard in its educational' bourse, 
and being held ingre:it local estimation'; showing 
the wisdom' of its founder ifi' thus erecting a ffroff- 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 43 

CHARLES H. JAGGAR, 
A-pottj-Bcary, 

DEALER IN 

FAJN'CY GOODS, 

Blank Books, Note, Letter and Bill Paper, Enve- 
lopes, Inks, Pens and Pen-Holders, 

INITIAL STATIONERY IN BOXES, 

Toilet Perfixines, 

Pocket Cutlery and Scissors, Shaving 
Apparatus, Portemonnaies and "" 
Wallets, Pl^-ying and 
Visiting Cards. 

LOVEJOY'S METALLIC WEATHER HOUSE. 
CJroqixet Sets. 



» » < 



AGENT FOR 

DR.F.C, EWER'S MAP OF NANTUCKET, 

■flistorical Maps, Large Size, . . $3.00. 
Small Size, , . . . ' 75 cts. 

fhose wishing the Large Historical Maps will do yvell to secure 
them early as there is but a limited number now in print. 

[See Page 5.] 



44 HAND, BOOR OF HAN'raCKET, 

unient that will endure for ages, and cause his^ 
nanij to bo rv^'nuniberod lon;^ '\ft^!" ^^\^, f^i'i^^ will 
]) j fop^otten ia his o\\a coanJ:i:y,. 

In July, 1S46, a tire broke oujt on the Main Street 
.£.ii*flf swept through the business part of i.he town, 
and in less than ten hours ne uiy a nxiUion dollars' 
vvorth of property was destroyed. It was a hard 
fotlow to the island ; and this was followed bv many 
g/" the w'aaling fiiet making very disastrous voy- 
':\ges. Th'i Cdifjrnia fe/er swept over the island 
m 1849, before the people had fully recovered from, 
dieir previous reverses, and many nien, heads of 
families, sought new tields for business in. the Y\- 
d.orado so glowingly pictured. In about three 
years' time over a thousand of our citizens had 
g:One to the Pacific slope, and wlT,a.ling, that had 
d^eclined before, now^ began to die out fast. De- 
spite ail these reverses it had begun to revive somje^^ 
'>yhen the war of the rebellion burst forth, and now 
our w lialing b^^siness received its death blow. 

Our men went into the cause of the Union with 
prompt celerity, not only in the navy, where it would 
seem likliest for them to 2:0 according^ to their birth 
and education, but also in the army, and the quota 
from Nantucket was always kept full. There were 
sixtv-nine who lost their lives bv bullet and disease 
during the v/ar, wliile her cripjiled veterans can he 



HAND. BOOK OF NANTUCKET, 45, 

SUMMER PLEASURE BOATS. 

I1ie Sloop "DAUNTLESS" will leave her moorings near the foot 
>.f Old North Wharf, for 

Cliff Shore Bathing-Houses, 

everj njor ling, (Sundays excepted,) at 9 o'clock, and run until i. 
(.'v loyki. V'.^'- After tli.il, thu "Dauntlesii' can uo chartered by par- 
ties to go on fishing excursions, for clam bakes, squantums, moon- 
light excursions up haruo;, <S:c. 

Strangers, at well as our own people, will fintL this a delightful 
Sail across Nantucket harbor and aronnd Brant Pointy our pleasant^ 
town and th'" shon; lim; b^-ing in view th<! entire distance. 

The " Dauntless " is a i)assenger boat, cl<-,in and iieaL, built ox- 
i,.,ressly for the route to the ClifT. 

The landing at the Bathing Grounds is » little pier, jutting out. 
from the pebbjy beach, and all passengers^ can leave the boat or 
come on board with no inconvenience or fear wf a wetting. 

FARE TEN CENTS EACH WAY. 

BARZILLAI R, BURDETT. Master, 

N4NTUCKE7\ .... MASS. 

f^ Sail Fkvjts and Riuo Boa's fo let by the Day 
07' Hour. 

Nantucket, July i, 1874, 



4,6 HANI) BpO|C OF NAFXUCKET, 

seen any time, attesting the fact that the same bloqd 
that attacked whales did not flinch before the foes 
of the country. 

Nantucket as a place of business has declined, 
but there is yet a glorious future before her. Al- 
though her whalers are all sold, and her oil facto- 
ries torn down or closed up, yet the people love 
their home and will yet see it arise from its pros- 
tration, and like a Phoenix, emerge from the ashes 
only to reach higher altitudes. There has been 
an ' attempt in this historical sketch to show how 
the island grew in prosperity to the present time, 
and having essayed to do this, the attention of the 
reader is now invited to look at 

NANTUCKET AS A WATf BINS PLAGE. 

- The writer of these pages, while sitting in Wil- 
lard's in Washington, some years ago, heard a 
gentleman say to another, "I believe you are from 
Philadelphia, are you not ?" and receiving an an- 
swer in the affirmative, greeted him as an acquaint- 
ance. Their conversation became general, an,d 
soon they were talking about the different towps 
and cities of the country. "There are three dead 
places, sir," said one. "What are they .?" inquired 
■the other. "Perth Amboy, New Jersey , Annapo- 
lis, Maryland, and Nantucket, Massachusetts," was 



I^AND book of NANTUCKET. 4/ 

WM. H. WESTON, 
Mercliaiit Tailor, 

DEALER IN^ 

Cloths, Trimmings, & Fur-^ 
nishing Goods. 



-*-♦ — -^ — ♦-^ 



& ~m 1^ il\ 111 ig! 
w, & '^ A Ml m 

For Sale 

ON THE INSTALMENT PLANr 

— ALSO— 

Pianos of the best make^ 

AT HIS STORE, 



48 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

'the reply; His 7'is-a-7'is coincided. We hastened 
to the defence of our native town, and proclaimed 
t^Urself as a true son of the little island so unjustly 
condehined, sayiiig stoutly, *' Nantucket does not 
admit its deah until it is laid out as beautifully as 
Philadelphia." The point was considered well 
taken, and we assure our readers that the cigars 
that immediately followed were also. 

Nantucket is far from death. Having furnished 
light for the world, she is now commencing to fur- 
nish health for the weary summer sojourner who 
lingers on her shore, as she furnished refuge to 
'I'homas Macy over a couple of centuries ago. 

Situate some thirt}' miles out in the sea, and 
being a narro\v island, it is continually swept b\ 
wdnds from the broad Atlantic, there being no long 
intervale of wood^jd land to heat the air as it 
crosses the island from point to point, no matter 
in what direction the wind may come from. AMien 
the thermometer ranges above 75 ° , which 
it seldom does for the summer, the people begin 
to think it is very hot ; and when it announces 
80 "^ in the middle of the day, then the weather 
is fearful, ?ilthouirh it onlv remains for a few hours 
at that height; and scarcely a night passes but 
Vhnt the b€cl 't^-l'otiiinc: is vcrv comfortable indeed-. 



'ir> 



With such a recommendation for the delightful 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 49 

SHELL STORE! 
JVIrs. Greo. Jol. Folger 

—OFFERS FOR SALE AT— 

Tie Store next aDo?e tlie Pacific l^ational Banfc Main Street, 

A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF 
MARINE SHELLS, 

Moss ;iii> SI)tll Whxli 

IN GREAT VARIETY, 

Also all Sizes of Itattan BawkotM, Roiinil aixt 
Oval, uiaile on l»oai'<l uf l^outZ: .^Itoal JLi^ltt Nttii*. 

PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE. 



C. S. CATHCARTi 

DEALER IN 

DRY aOOT)S, 

Hats, Caps, Trunks and Valises^ 
Floor Oil Oloths, 

AND 

GENTS.' FURNISHING GOODS^ 
Main Street, . . . Nantucket 



i^- HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

•atmosphere it enjoys, Nantucket does not fail to 
<;harm the visitors to its shores, and induce their 
return another season. Fish and fowl were induce- 
ments for the first visitors, and fish yet remains an 
afetraction for travellers. The shooting, before the 
ready guns of our skilled sportsmen, has nearly or 
quite gone ; but fish yet remain in abundance. 
Blue-fish swarm in the waters, giving the disci- 
r^i^les of old Walton but little chance for deep rev- 
erie as they experience the bite of the voracious 
Hsh, and with their fingers well protected by rub- 
ber cots, pull him into the boat, or land their game 
through the surf on the shore, the whole body 
quivering with excitement as they unhook their 
ten-pounder, and give another cast into the sea. 
For a day's sport with fish, blue-fishing is one of 
our attractions, and you go again and again, nevtr 
seeming to have satiety. 

Scupping is another favorite amusement ; and 
-although the excitement is not so great for the 
gentlemen, yet the ladies, not having to exercise 
so much strength, prefer this spOrt greatly, espe- 
cially if their gentlemen friends eScort them and 
•^exert their talent to keep the hooks well-baited for 
' the fair ones, and yet catch as many fish as their 
lovely companions do ; and as the fish bite sharp 
there must be quick work to answer the call 'lor 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKKT. 51 

^. FREEMAN, 

Alton's Block, Main Street, Nantucket, Mass. 

All kinds of Sun Pictures uiaile at l^liort IVotice; 

ALSO CONSTANTLY ON HAND 

Stereoscopic Views of Nantncket, Siasconset and Qiiiilnit, 

including Streets, Public Houses, Steamboats, 
«S^c., &c. 

Also views of a School of 9 1 Black-fish, 

recentlv, capered on the North Shore, "Cutting in'* 
a Finback whale 60 feet long. Wreck Scenes, and 
other novelties. These, views are for sale at the 

ao4 also at various stores in town. 



In s^lecthig, please observe that they have on 
th^ rnargiiiy 

J. PilEEMAN, NANTUCKET^ 



52, HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

more bait," attend to their own line, and keep 
fheir.han(:l up. 

Pond-fishing is also a pleasant way of passing 
the day. You go to Sesachacha, or 'Sachacha 
Pond, as it is called, and going out in a suaall boat 
on this delightful lake, you surprise yourself after 
two hours', fivshing, by finding that your, catch of the 
beautiful silver perch is reckoned by hundreds. 

Or again you take a reed and go to the Hum- 
mock at the North Head, or to either end of the 
Long Pond, and pull the finny perch ashore with 
a sue^ce.ss that is perfectly astonishing. But you 
have now exhausted the gentler fishing, and yau 
sigh for new fields to conquer. 

A trip sl^arking is proposed. Securing one of 
the }aunty yachts at the wharf you take a run 
down to Great Point, and having baited the im- 
mense swivel-hook with a blue-fish caught on the 
run down, you drop a line to the sea-lawyers loaf- 
ing round in the waters below, waiting for some- 
thing to turn up, or down, just as you please. 

After waiting patiently for the scent to spread 
about, and wonderinsf whether vou'll sfet a bite or 
not, and also if you will be able to tell if you do^ 
you feel a jerk on the line that almost takes it froin, 
your grasp, and with a faint suspicion in your mind 
fhat you have caught a whale, you announce that 



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HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. ^3 

Sumiiier Resort! 

illSll ttllSttlSI 

COTTABES AND LOTS FOR SALE! 

The attention of all seeking a delightful Summer Pesort is invited 
to the natural advantages and beauties of this spot. Situate on a 
bluff at the S.nitVi-ensL si'^e 6f fhe Island and close to the delightful 

VILLAGE OF SIASCONSET, 

\\\r situat-ion is not surpassed, if ecpiall^d. by an)- on the New luig- 
huid roast. Cireat improvements l\a>N' h'-'-u made, a largt; tract of 
land laid nui into lu)use lots, several cottages erected, and others 
ready to put up. 

BATHING HOUSES 

are located close at hand on the beach and the surf-bathing is 

Equal to any in the World. 

Fresh and salt water fishing may be carried on within a short dis- 
tance of the ''Heights.' 

Regular stage communication with the town of Nantuckrt through 
the summer is established, and passengers can be taken to Sunset 
Heights from the steamer. ; 

The house lots average 50 .\ 75 feet — some larger — and will be offt-r- 
ed to purchasers at i)rices ranging from Oj%'E Ml'!XJ[>JtHiU> tcr 

Lithogvaplied plans are read^, which with any information rccjuir- 
ed, will be iiuuishrd upon application to 

CHAS. H. EOBmSOX, 
or DK. F. A. ELLIS, 



"54 HAND BOOlC OF NANTUCKET. 

you are "fast." Now comes the excitement ! 
The shark, for it is one, darts furiously froAi 
side to side, and keeping the Hne taut, you allow 
him' to expend his strength x\ith impotent ra^e a!s 
he lashes the water into foam, and almost succeeds 
in leaping into your craft. Slowly but surely you 
pull him up to the gunwale of the boat, and at last 
you have him alongside. Your captain grasps ms 
billy, and smiting him over the nose leaves him a 
quivering carcass, and you take him aboard.— 
What a monster ! Ten feet long if he is an inch 
and weighs over four hundred pounds ! It Is a 
sand shark. One of the man-eating tribe ; and as 
you look into his gaping mouth, armed with sev- 
eral rows of teeth, you see hoW readily he Could 
tear your limbs off, and you give a sigh of satis- 
faction for the excitement of securing him that 
you have just gone through ^4th, and feel glad 
that you have rid the World df one such a mon- 
ster ; and having directed your captain to clean 
the jaw and send it to your home, that you may 
exhibit it as a fox hunter dc^fes Ms brush, you com- 
mence your venturesome sport again, until you 
have taken from four to eight, and the captain 
thinks it is imprudent to take any more aboard ; 
so with tired body you proceed to have a bite for 
yourself from the lunch-box you have brought with 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 55 

GO TO ANGELUS, 

Corner of Iain id Federal Streets, . . MWetMass,. 

^AND GET— 

The Fresbest Drugs and Medicines, 
The Best Cigar at the Lowest Price, 
The Finest Brands of Smoking Tobacco^ 
The Pnrest Qnahty of Confectionery, 
The Greatest Assortment for the Toilet^ 
The best French Note and Letter Pa-* 
per, with or withont Initials, of the 
latest and most fashionable variety^ 

—AND SEE THE— 

NEATEST AMD NEWEST DRUG STORE 

IN TOWN. 

1^ Physicians prescripiions compounded accu- 
rately and with promptness. 

[See Page 31.] 



5^ HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET, 

you, while the little yacht is speeding on its way 
home ; and having landed your ugly catch on the 
wharf you find that you are indeed an object of 
interest to those whose nerves will not allow theuj 
to essay any more exciting fishing than that here^ 
tofore described. 

Fishing at Nantucket cannot be excelled at any 
point around our coast, and those who essay their 
^kill in that direction never complain of "a iish^r^ 
man's luck." 

A NANTUCKET SQUA.NTUM. 

"Squantum" is a peculiarly local word at Nan- 
tucket, conveying as a general meaning, the word 
pic-nic. But the natives have another definition 
to it. When they talk of a Squantum in its per- 
feet sense they also include a clam-bake ; and one 
of our island clam-bakes is a marvel of gastro- 
nomic success. 

Those who are uninitiated with its mysteries 
may be somewhat interested to know how the 
bakes are conducted, so we will endeavor to give 
them a faint description. 

AVe will suppose that you desire to have a Squan- 
tum on the beautiful little island of Tuckernuck, 
a pleasant ten miles' sail from town, and have 
given directions accordingly to the skipper of the 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 57 

ROSS' 

HAIR GUTTING ROOMS, 

Msln Street, Tlilrd Door l)elow ttie Post Olce. 

HAIR CUTTIN8 IN THE LATEST STYLE, 



Covipdciit assislaiits scut to private residences f$ 
i/ress /(T dies' hetir for balls and parties. 

False, hai? of all shades and varieties obtained at 
sJiort notice^ such as J Tigs, Curls, CVii^nons, e^c\ 

^' Particular attention paid to Ladies' Hair 
Work of all kinds. 

James Hoss, 



58 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

yacht that you have engaged, telling him what 
day you would like to go. 

At the appointed time you take your company 
aboard the yacht and start on the excursion, re- 
lying that every arrangement has been made in 
accordance with your directions, and a coyple of 
hours later you land on Tuck,ernuck. 

Everything is ready for your coming, a deep 
hole having been dug in the ground, paved with 
dean cobble stones taken from the edge of the 
.shore, where by the ceaseless action of the waves 
they have become perfectly smooth and clean, 
5.nd are admirably adapted for their present use, 

A hot fire has been built on them some hours 
previous to the arrival of the party, and you find 
they are red-hot when you get there, and the man 
in attendance is just sweeping the last cinders 
from the fiery bed of stone. 

A thin layer of moist sea-weed is now spread 
over the hot stones, clams distributed Over the 
smoking covering, a layer of the sea-weed again, 
more clams sandwiched in, and now a few dressed 
fowl are placed in, with potatoes, and if the 
season is late enough a few dozen ears of corn in 
in the husk, and the heap rounded over with sea- 
weed and left to its fate. 

The fumes soon begin to arise with appetizing 



HAND BOOK. OF NANTUCKET. sjf 

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF 

Oil-Clotiis, 

alall |l;ipcr of iill kstriptioiis in §'i\, 
Satin anb CriiiKoit, 



WINDOW SHADES, 
AT THE LOWEST DASH PRICES, 

— AT— 

N. Coggshail's Emporium^ 

MEin Stf eeti Mtotucket. 

[See Page 39.! 



^So Hand :gooK of nantuck^t. 

odor, especially as you ft el as though you could 
"^^eat a whale after your trip oxer the water from 
"isMnd'to rslandj and you are prepared to do justicg 
to the feast "when the I'naster of cereiiioiiies an- 
'nounces that tlie bake is ready and the Squantum 
has commenced. 

The covering of sea-weed is carefully removed, 

.yaty eyes being greeted with the sight of t-lie fowl 

done to a turn, the clams ha\ing impregnattjd them 

with a seasoning that cannot be appreciated by 

' Any one -who has not been'ithere before. 

The'reg-etables in the liex^ laver have aided . to 
liavor *the fowl, and they invfurii have a suspicion 
'pf/clam?} ling-ering about tlie-fii," while the shell-fisii 
thiimselves aiTS a'dish lit t0-4>et' before a king. 

-\oneat as' yon nev6r ale beiore, and realize 

*ho\V oiie 'of 'our "institutions" nuist be seen to be 

Hinderstood, 'for it can never be described and Jiave 

tife .j-u^ytf<5e don -^'^o It wrt*T??i"[3en that you can gi\c 

It \vithA'0ur taste and tee.th. ■ 

^Ve^have•gi\ en bat a"' few ot the attractions ior 
' sport on our -island, and iiovv we will attempt u> 
':show how your" time can be pleasii-ntly employed 
4n sight-seeing. 

There are many places' /^o be visited, anii we 
Svould recommend a visit to the South Sliore ai-bl 
''have a look at old Ocean as it lashes the land ir 








'hand book of NAk'rtici^Et. 'et 






A LIVE LOCAL PAPEb, 

Published Semi-Weekly^ 

ON 

WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY AFTERNOONS 

— BY — 

I. H. FOLGER, Editor. 

■OFFICE, ... ^MAIN^STREET, NANTUCKET, MASS, 

TERMS : 

Only SQ.do a Year. 

Advertisements inserted at Lo7v Rates. 

t The Island Review is a new paper devoted to local news aiul 

the interests of the place. 
V Appearing as it does, twice a week, it is one of the best advkr 

TISING MEDIUMS IN THE COUNTY. 



62 HAN'r) BOOK OF N'A'NTXJCKIET. 



impotent fage, vaihly attempting to snatch mouth- 
fuls of the land in its remorseless grasp, and be 
able to know that it is in this delightful spot that 
a. company have established a place of summer 
resort, naming it 

SURF-SIDE. 

Driving down Orange street, by the beautiful 
park and race track of the Agricultural Society, 
you pass the grove of pines to the South, the roar . 
of the ocean, greeting your ears long before it 
appears in view, . 

By the Weeweeder and Nobadeer ponds, you 
drive out to the Humane House on the edge of 
the shore erected bv the National Government, 
and find on arriving there that the broad Atlantic 
is tumbhng in at yoyr feet. Now a short wave 
comes rolling in, followed by another and another, 
and anon comes a huge roller that dashes furiously 
on the beach, making you leave the edge of the 
water rather precipitately, the sound of the wave 
.seeming to laugh at your scramble away from its 
moist embrace. 

^ You are looking out over the broad expanse of 
^ocean and as you listen to the lullaby of the wa- 
iters, and j*eflect that your next neighbors are on 
the Azores, 'you begin to appreciate the gran- 



HAND BOOK OF NAKTUCKET. 63 








Itantufkt Surf'Sik Compng, 

having purchased a tract qf at)OUt 2,000 acrOS 
of land on the 

South Shore of Nantucket, 

IVitlt SI H^siter IProntag-e of four miles, 

extending from Miacomet pond on the West, to 
the South East Quarter, are now prepared to 
sell lots at 

Prioe^ ^vithin I^each. of AH. 

These Lots are 80 x 120 feet. 

The location is unsurpassed, and there is no 
cooler spot for a Watering-Place on the Eastern 
coast of the United States. 

For plans or particulars, call on or address 

HENRY COFFIN, President 
GEO. W, MACY, ) 7^- , 
ALFRED SWAIN, ) ^^^^'^^^''•^^ 
Nantucket, Mass. 
or CHARLES F. COFFIN, Treasurer, 
174 State St., Boston, Mass. 



64 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET, 

deur of the scene, and your admiration of the lo- 
cality so entrances you that you involuntarily shout, 
— "What a Location for a Watering-Place !" 
and you wonder how it has been neglected so 
long ; for here is the oceai'* ^'isw, and the South 
wind fresh from its bosom is full of l^racing health. 
Pond-fishing and salt water fishing are right at 
your hand, both being contiguous, and you see the 
superiority of the situation at a glance, and com- 
mend the sagacious forethought of the company 
who have secured the immense tract of land for 
miles along the shore, and are now laying it out 
on a grand scale for a watering-place and at prices 
that are within the reach of every one, and you 
long at once for a cottage right here, where you 
can have the thermometer below the seventies all 
summer, and enjoy yourself thoroughly. 

A little to the Westward are a group of houses, 
and on driving to them you find it is a fishing-sta- 
tion established by the islanders so they can leave 
their boats and fishing paraphernalia under cover, 
and also store their catch of cod. 

A neat little restaurant has been erected here 
named the "South Shore House," and having cre- 
ated quite an appetite by your drive in the brac- 
ing air you give it a call and find that you can get 
a lunch or dinner that will suit the most fastidious 



HAND BOOJi OF NANTUCKET. 63 

Chas. H, Hobinson, 
ARCHITECT, BUILDER, & CONTRACTOR, 

Fair Street, Nantucket, Mass 



Having an established reputation in designing plans for Housett 
and making a specialty of Sun>iner Residences, I am prepared to 
erect in a substantial and expeditious manner, 

HOUSES, VILLAS AND COTTAGES, 

in neat and elegant styles of finish. 

Biaild-ing- Lots & Oottagfes 

in desirable locations for Summer Residences, for sale. 
CALL ON OR ADDRESS 

Cliarles H. f^ol^inson, 

Nantucket, • . . . Mass. 



^6 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

in taste ; and if vou are thirstv, .whv a cool dn\iiirht 
of ci.^er, r^iiKitl 'i>cci, etc., await voiir call. 

Alihouiih the shore that vou are now leavinii: 

in the (hstance as you wend your way to town is 

ro;jiii2, l)'"ii nd vou, it is on.y iii a peaceful jnood ; 

for It is oniv seen in its wildest ij^randeur in wijitev ; 

and woe luito tlie untortunate ship, that, driven 

fi\)ni its course, finds the South bhore of Nantucls.- 

ei under Us lee m a stinni ; ior there is scarcely a 

ciiance of escape from wreck ; aiid if driven ashore 

in the night, it nia\ pro\e the death-bed of the 

u'.;fortiniate ntarmers aboard ; as it did when the 

schooner Haines was wrecked, and all hands, 

some six or seven in number, were lost ; or like the 

riijp Acumiu, wrecked two oavs after the Haines, 

wheii tweniy-se\en found a watery i^rave, carryinii^ 

Jiorror to liie inhabitants of the island, and desc- 

Jaron to nianv homes in this country and abroad, 

for the Newton belon;;eLl in Hamburg ; awd these 

Are or.iv two of a great numlDer of such disasters. 

\ ou have arriveci in towri at last, and now' conies 

a visit to "Lr.e beautiful 

VILLA' ;!.•: Oh' SIASCONSET. 

'1 fie r<^)ad to \^c(;nsel is unique to strangers, be- 
<^aii: c it is to tan^e : ai.d the only thimi: wanting 
lu complete the morujicny of the thing is some 
sign-board,s with "J)on't rut the road," on thehi. 



'Aan'O 300IC OF NANTUCKET. 67 

THE FAST-SAILING 



Y 




'i'.:.tV. .'-Ji; 



.WHiiriS: LIS MS* 



•Tvy ^vv..«Nv. % '^» 



± \ JL .X. i,. %;M 






'r>:r^4ik 



m miJs i). Fiii^EMM, 



>Lylii£ at SteuiiiDoat WM iiAl^TUCIET, will tal(8 Dallife 



|lhI^y]iM/f ri;|}.]jingi^ S^ljiiH^ 



4lt^^^ aii-Spiiliiiiis, Piuiiics aM 



"moonlight excursions. 



Tei-iiiss >I<><le'i*ato. 



I'he riAWNiNj; Lh;ht is well li»und in rvtl y i-i^si>t;ct, as last .15 ;ifty 
yacht 1)1" h't-r siz\'', antl <.rry and K'mifoYtalil'^ in siSihri^ 



rR u X ' ; ■■■■'■ 

68 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 



,as there used to be before the weather destroyed 
them. ' . 

'Sconset is seven and a half miles from town, a 
straggling row of pine trees bordering either side 
^of the road, the distance being accurately defined 
by lonesonie looking mile-stones, at regular inter- 
vals apart. ., ., % r- 

After son«.e forty or fifty minutes driving you ar- 
rive at this village, Trnding it a collection of di- 
minutive cottages, seeiping from their a;^pearance 
to have \een taken from, a German toy-box and 
left out of '2oors here. . .,,, , . 

Down t^ e principal street in thq village, V*y the 
Atlantic Mouse, a, very c.jmf rtable place t« • tarry 
in, you strp yuur horse at a neat restaurant, and 
see ai arch ^ver a tasty bridge bearing the in- 
scription, u. 

. . . ( J;_. ■ . 



"sunset heights." , . I 1 
; TJiis is the new water.inj^-pln.ce estabhshed by 
. I.r. EUis, and his^ i.artner, Mr. Robinsvai, (see 
adv., i age 35,) an«l agaui you are charmed by the 
locati <n. 

., Situate o]i a blun overlookhig the water, you 
can scv^ the sun rise and set in its illimitable e;^- 
pansc, watch, the surf r 11 in at your feet, and re- 
clining ..n the piazza cf cmc of the cotta^^es, you 
sit vvrapt in the scene I efore you. 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 6^9 




?if ^ §^^fc>i 



H-A^CK, LIV^ERY 



AND 



jBOARDINC STABLE, 

Head of Steamboat Wharf, 
NANTUCKET, - - - - MASS. 



•♦ — • 



Single Terns, wltli or witlioiit Drivers can always le Ui 
LARQE EXCURSION WAGONS 

designed especially to convey parties on 

S<lii.aiitii.ins and. Picrxics. 

HACKS FOR THE PUBLIC CONVEYANCE, AT ALL HOURS. 



R9* All Orders Promptly Attended to. 



7a }]\yr>?> rOOTv of NANTUCKF/i^ 

iJatliiiig houses are contiinious, sea-fishing and^ 

>harl:in!'," arc riL!,ht at hand, while the delii;luful 

^:';tla"-es p'.readv erected atld attraction to the- 

pl.ice. \ oil drink in the L'randeur of th.e location, 
-j . . ^. ^ 

and leave it with re^'ret as vou turn vour team, 
joward the famous 

svNKAi'v II'-: \!) i.[(;[ir-."i()usi-:. 

\l::{ a sliort distance from 'h'cunset, upon a bluff- 
v.jar!)' 9c feet abp\e the lexel of the sea, .stand ; 
['•lis towevin." bei.cjn, 6^^ fc:;t kii:h, from the toiD of 
wlv.ch, at interv.ilj-; ^" <^^q.. minute, bursts forth a 

i:.-o:i of h'dit which is visible f^a* nianv miles oiu 

^' ill' 

at sea, and it has the reputation of bein^• the best 
c.^red f[:)r li^bji on the A^veriran uoa:^t. 

The keel er rece:\es n ou with all courtesy, arid 
'vfv;,^!/ ;\:c-Ms. vo-M over ids estabUsknient, after 
seeir.u' vdkch vi u rui louLcr wonder at the repu- 
ti.tic n it :,;n-o\.s, for its ncalness is purity i.tst^lf. 

Vou have mounted the spiral staircase, counted 
the treads, (as every one before you has done,J, 
and now are amply repaid for your tediou^ journey 
l"iea\erA\ai(l In' a look at the surrounding; countrv. 

There is the broad sea, dotted here and there 
v.'th th.e white sails of commerce, behind you the 
I •■.<■, Lit:! u! .viiajc }()u ha\e iust left, while a distar.t 
view of the town and the little iishinir hamlets in 



HAND POGK OF S .^y.TVCKK^, 71 



:piiiiiif 



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0mMB^ 



iij li 1^: ^ JI:.,.1j 



%jN ^fcr- -^' : 



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w-^T "O' r<t^ 1G^ :i0^^ 



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I'lfautifiil ^rtififial Ccftlj 



M.'JK .Ufi', 



Ijolc (ir p;irti;i{ ^cntiirr^, 



Allen's Block, (Up Bb^b^u,) 



MAf'iV sr^<'JBR-T, .. . A^^A'irC/iE 71 



72 HA^fD Book Of NANTtrCiCfif; 

the immediate vicinity form a panorama that yb'ti 
tannot find an equal to, go where you rtiay. 

Yonder is the Sesachacl»a Pond, a lake of rid 
mean size, teeming with fish, while beyond it is 
the fishing station of Quidnet, but as your time is 
limited, you descend from 3^o''ir lofty perch with 
regret and wend your way thither, after purchas- 
ing from the keeper sorttfe of Freemari's excellent 
photographs of the place as a memento of yout 
visit there. 

There is scarcely anything of interest in Quid- 
net but fishihg bn the pond, except 

THE OLD HERMIT. 

Here ill a quaint ■^Id dbmicile is the hermit of 
Nantucket, Frederick Parker, whom all must visit 
that come here. Seated iii his cabin, newspaper 
in hand, he receives you with evident pleasure ; 
for though he has banished himself from his fellow- 
men, he yet enjoys the r.ews of the world, and 
tails from visitors. He must be seen to be under- 
Stood and is a histcry in hin self. 

Leaving the hermit, you return to town, stop; 
ping on your way to get a draught of water from 
the celebrated Eat Fire spring, and lingering near 
the fai-in where stood the historic country mansion 
of "Miriam Coffi:i," you pass through the farming 
village of Polpis, arriving at town in due time: 



HAND BOOK OF NANtUCKI^t. ^3 

To FisMna' ^Parties! 



^\t Suftriol' an^ Jf^ist Jjatljt 






c-^ 



'CAP1\ SAMUEL H. WINSLOW-, 



Can be foiind iat Stea^nboat Wharf. 



PARTIES TAKEN TO THE FISHING BANKS. -«a 



1 have a house on Coatue suitable for Picnics, Clam-Bakes, or 
'Chowders, with fine beach for bathing, whtrfe sh'eUs of all ^•a^tet^e% * 
%iiy be found in large q^arititiesi. 



74 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

A SAUNTER IN THfi SUBURBS. 

feoing up Centre Street, yoU wend your way td 
what is called the "Uriah Gardner Hill," and takd 
ia look at the oldest house on the island. 

Situate some! distance from the road, it is d 
quaint old marisldri, iand with its horse shde of 
bricks let into the dhimney, put there iii the Saleni 
period to scare away witches, and with its long 
^lope roof in the rearj it shows plamly that it is art 
iantiquated place; while the oak knees in the 
rooms, just like those in a ship to insure strength 
in storms, tell how our ancestors desireil durabil- 
ity and comfbH tB fefeauty and elegani:e. The 
house fronts dUe South, our fotetathers having the 
idea that the view in that dir*2ction was the cor- 
rect thingj they taking great pains to lay the sill 
of their homes by the North Star, gomg in the 
evening for that purpose ; and this house cori- 
forms to the prevailing fashion of that time. It 
was built in 1686, and now, with only a very little 
repairs, it would be habitable for many years, not- 
withstanding the fact that it has stood ihe stormS 
of nearly two centuries. 

From thence, you follow round by the ceme- 
teries of the North Congregational Society (corn- 
monly known as the "Gardners' burial-grounds j") 



HAND BOOK OF. NANTUCKET. is, 

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DEALER IN 

PCERIES AND PROVISIONS, 
FLOUR, 

CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, 

CANNED FRUITS & PICKLES. 

Fruits and Vegetables of all kinds, in their Season. 

Tobacco & Cigars of the Finest Quality 

CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 

— ALSO— 

ALL KINDS OF FISH-HOOKS AM LINES. 



76 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 

and visit the farm formerly owned by Mr. Benja- 
min B. Gardner. 

It was here tliat thp, mptlipr of Dr. Benjamin 
Franklin was brought up, and traces of the spring, 
where she used^ to draw.water are yet in existence. 

Passing beyonfl tl|L|s, you come upon the re- 
mains of an, ancient burying-ground, just to the. 
East of the Maxcy's Pond. There is only one 
grave left in this city of the dead, and curious to^ 
relate, it is the ^^rave, of one f the first settlers, 
who bcre the title of "Captain"— John Gardner, 
The st^ ne is in a fair state of preservation and 
bears the inscription : "Here lies the body of 
John Gardner, who was born in y*^ year 1624, and 
(;lied A. D. 1706, aged 82." The records show 
that he was at one time a n>..agisjti:ate, and he bore, 
an excellent reputation for probity and general 
information. 

Beyond the. Maxcy's and Washing ponds yoii, 
pass the Cu^Dauni pond and pressing up the 
abrupt hill to the Nojith, you, stand on Trot's hills, 
where the town of Sherburne, was originally locat-^ 
ed, before it was chansg^cl to its present site. Re- 
mains of cellars are yetj to be seen, but the houses 
are all gone. The only building left in existence 
is the one in the r^ar of the North Congrega- 
tional church, that is, no,\v used by the society for 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 77, 



ARBLE WORKS. 




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CHAS. H. ROEINSON, & SON, 

FAIR ST., - - - NAWTUCKET, MASS.., 

ARE PREPARED TO FURNISH AT SHORT NOTICE 

Monuments, TomDstones, Mantels, TaDlets, Scrolls, Figures, &c., 

OF THE FOLLOWING MARBLES: 

Italian of different grades, Statuarj', American, Rutland, Souther- 
Und Falls, and Eschaillon Marbles of France^ which have stood the' 
test of centuries, 

OF MOST DESIRABLE DESIGNS, BOTH PLAIN AND ELABORATELY CARVED, 

which will be sold at prices to defy competition. All work will be 
sfet up in a permanent manner, without extra charge. 

Also, all kinds of GRANITE WORK, from common Rockport 
and different errades of Quincy Granite. 

Neat Combination Fences of plain or galvanized iron rods and 
^anite or wooden posts put up in a substantial manner, and at the 
tnost reasonable prices. 

Jfesi^ns of different classes of work on hand for inspection. 



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the Sunday School and vestry. The date of its 
eirection is uwknown but it is supposed to be 
somewhere in the early part of the eighteenth 
century. It was built from the oaks with which 
the island was at that period nearly covered. In 
1765 it was moved to Beacon Hill, and in 1834 
aofain moved back a few rods to make room for 
the new^ church edifice. 

i 

It was in this buildino: that the trial of tke liOtcii- 
ijf,^ ^2fiibby for murder on ship-board was held. 
All the high dignitaries were present, and the fa- 
mous Governor Hutchingson presided. The pris- 
oner was sentenced to be hanged by the neck tilt 
he Vas "de,ad ! dead! dead!" and then remand- 
ed back to ja,il to await execution ; but er^ t^ie^au- 
pointed day arrived, as if to show that one murder, 
did not satisfy his blood-thirsty propensities, he 
quarrelled with a fellow-prisoner, and, seizing him 
by the throat, choked him until life was extinct. 
The execution of this doubly-dyed criminal took 
place in 1769, near what was called the "Newtown 
Gate," or in the vicinity of \vhere stands the first 
mile-stone from town, on the road to 'Sconset. 

After leaving Trot's Hills you go to IVIaddeket, 
where the first settlers lived, and finding all traces 
of the eaii)(. iijihabitants have disappeared, you re- 
turn to town satisfied with your saunter. 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 70 
ASA Oi JOTVES, 

CUSTOM BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, 

(Main Street^ fWo Deors Mm tlie Post Oice,) 

Nantucket^ i i . MaSSs 

Boots and Slides 'rn^Sc tO order in the latest stykx 
and warrarvted to 0f'e godd satisfaction. 

Rej[)ai^Mg heakry done. 



ATHENEUM MUSEUM ! 
CURIOSITIES 

From. .A.11 I*arts Of tie "World I 

MAMMOTH SPERM WHALE'S JAW! 

Call and se^ tTiisV »n\'ai-lc;A>f'? collettirm th:t ou^^ whalemen haN-'e 
brought home froih all navigable parts of the globe. 

Open every day (Stlndavs • xcepted.) from 8 A. M. to 13 M. ami 
from I to 5 P. M.. AfltlliKKion !.;> centM. 

JTosepli S. S^vain, 

iffieneni, Corner Federal and Lower Pearl Streets, Nantnclcel 



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thought to be a hirge iron one, was just outside 
the edge of the surf, breaking and rending into 
bits before the mad waves that were rolhn": furi^' 
t)usly ashore, While her cargo of barrels of kero- 
sene oil was all afloat, ddsning here and there be- 
fore the impulse of the wild sea. 

It was the ship Newton of Hamburg, on a 
Voyage froiii New York Home ; and now on this 
Christmas morning she was going to pieces, while 
her crew of twenty-seven were all drowned ; but 
one poor unfortunate j^rt^iting ashore, he having 
succeded in landing in a nude condition, w;ilking 
within a mile of a fat1\l house, and then dvinir of 
exposure and exhausiiun, the people hnding his 
body as they drove to tne scene of the disasten 
It was " fterwards id.-ntiiied as thai of the second 
mat>j oi" the Newion. 

Th' cuiV.ir -.-ast a cl^^p gloom over the horror- 
stricken jominunity, fbll'dwing, as ii did, so closely 
upon that of die Haines. 

Nearly all the l^odies i'rom both \essels vvere 
iree. J .1 and the whole community went c/i m(U\<t' 
to '"'i'; fu t.lI services at the M. \i. Ciiurch, from 
whei;' e they were buried. The Masons, ascer- 
'tahiiiig tlial the captain was a meinber of the fra- 
ternity, took charge of his body anci buried it 
with ^'Jasonie rif«S'. 



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la«ff ti tmi Mil it^ 



HUSSEY & ROBINSON, 

PropriatorS: aaJ PnHIlsliers. 

OFPISE, . . . MAIN STREET, HANTUCeT, MASS. 



PUBLISKED EVERY SATURDAY, 



The circulation (if th(» Inquirer ano M^irror is equal to that of 
an\' weekly najx-r published in South Kasterj) ^Iassachusetts. It is 
not only a Locai, Paper, but has an extensj^t^e ciitipulation abroac^ 
ajul is therefore a valuable medium for adverRsiu^ 



JOB PRINTING, 

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 



84 HAMD^ Wpil OF NANTUCKET. 

Christmas is a great gala-day with the GermanSj 
but this was a terrible greeting to go flashing over 
the wires to th"^ lovinii- famiUes in a foreign land. 

Many conjectures were rife as to the cause of. 
the disaster, but as t^^ere was n' t a single survivor 
spared to tell t' e tale, t^ 2 affair must always re- 
main, shrouded in n-ystery. 

Th'-^ following vessels have also been wrecked, 
vyith loss of life attending them : 

Ships Earl of Eglington and Forest Prince, barks 
Cornwallis a vl Joh'"< Swazey, and schooner Rosa- 
lie, these being but fevv^ instances of a great many 
similar occurrences. 

While at times there is mournful loss of life, 
there is also great ^^ileasure i^ recc rding heroic at- 
tempts to rescue human beings from watery graves, 
and we note the two following incidents, with great 
regret that we a.x.^^ so limited for space in this little 
book and only able to mention what we 'c. 

About the' middle of pctober, 1845, the brig 
Mariner stranded on th? bar, and the crew, six in 
number, were rescued with great difficulty by a 
party, to whom the Massachusetts Huniane Society 
awarded niedals. Tlie following extract of a letter 
written by their loca,! agent, the late P. H. Folger, 
Esq., tells us how one of the heroes l,ost his 
life before this reward (or his b,r4v.ery was made, 



ND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 85 

GEORGE W. MAjCY, 



AGENT FOR THE 



Purcliases '^^le & Leasing- 

OF 

Real Estate in NantucketL 

Ofice Main Street^ opposite Orange^ 

Parties wislilng to Negotiate, will Please AMress as aliove. 

• i ^ -J - 

t)EALER IN 

^IvRDWARE, STOVES; 

Agricultural Wares, &c. 

PROPRIETOR OF 

Macy's Daily Express, 

TO WOODS HOLE. 

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©FFICK IHr BOSTON, - - 3© COURT saUAREo 



84 HANn B>OOII OF NANTUCKET. 

Christmas is a great gala-day with the Germans, 
but this was a terrible sfreetin^: to 2:0 flashino: over 
the wire,s to th "^ lovi^ig families in a foreign land. 

Many conjectures were rife as to the cause of. 
the disaster, but as t^^ere was n- 1 a single survivor 
spared to tell the tale, V 2 affair must always re- 
main, shrouded in n-ystery. 

Th«"; following vessels have also been wrecked 
\\7th loss of life attending them : 

Ships Earl of EgUngton and Forest Prince, barks 
Cornwallis a ^d Jo^^^ Swazey, and schooner Rosa- 
lie, these being but iew instances of a great many 
similar occurrences. 

While at times there is mournful loss of life, 
there is also great pleasure i" recc rding heroic at- 
tempts to rescue human beings from watery graves, 
and we note the two following incidents, with great 
regret that we ar.? so limited for space in this little 
book and only able to mention what we \o. 

About the^ middle o,f pctober, 1845, the brig 
Mariner stranded on th? bar, and the crew, six in 
number, were rescued with great difficulty by a 
party, to whom the Massachusetts Huniane Society 
awarded niedals. The following extract of a letter 
written by their ioc.a,! agent, the late P. H. Folger, 
Esq., tells us how one of the, heroes l,ost his 
life before this reward for his b,r4v.ery was made, 



hAnD book of NAHTlT'ckET. 8^ 

'GEORGE W. MACY, 

AGENT FOR THE 

JPnrcIiases 'Sftle & Leasing" 

OF 

Real Estate in NantucketL 

Oficc Main Street^ opposite Orange^ 

Parties wisMng to Negotiate, will Please AiJress as aliove. 



Dealer in 

DWARE, STOVES, 

Agricultural Wares, &c. 



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Proprietor of 

Macy's Daily Express; 

TO WOODS HOLE. 

OFFICE i:v BosTonr, - - so counv s^uarf. 



% 'HAN^D 'BOOK t)F NAN'TOCKEt. 

^he medals not coinllrg till . soiiie months later, 
U'^.ssrL H. Elclridge alid 'W. 'Patyrsoh had gold 
'and the rests silver ones. 

( lentlenien : It has beconit' my pleasing duty, at the re<iuest i<f 
, the Massachust'tts Humane Sqcietv, to present to you in the. name 
; i>t" that society, two elegant Cidld^itni^'ifeii Silver medals, eXeouUrd 
i|and engraved forjthe. Society, encloj^^ J,i^ '\*?^t cases, and hearing t^i 
foll()wing inscripti()ns, c<>tnme»ixii^atiye.jyt tiie object for which they 
were l)estowed : On on«i-side, ''A\var'd(;d by the Massachusetts Hu- 
mane Society, to : ^" and on^'tlv; i>ther, "for his hu nane 

'fxertions in rescuing tfie crew of the tVig'jTaifinei", wrecked (»n Nan- 
tucket, (^ct., iS45."" . * . * , ,f': ^ »..:*. *,.., * .. * 

liut sadness comes over me, when, J,, count, ^Iiese t')T\"ns of ai)j>ro- 
bation, and rect)llect that ^f}f!y iVA'^VA'"" '^ w:v^u^^d ha^e b/,'en my pleas- 
lUre to «:onvey this medal «;jFt!v''*>«--i;ii:ty, 3iai».,uit;t.,t^iHt, i'ale which this 
• Community so long anticij>ated. From my boyhood u]) to the mo- 
^ment of his untimely deaXh, when tiangi-r was abroad, and one was 
i%veeded to rush in and rescuft/life from destruction. tHeffe 5",'fis biiTj^ne 
-•unanimous en(iuiry, and that was, "'where is Meltiahl- '^J?^t^^?"•1;,He 
; met his death as you are aware, by one of those dangers to which 
. hi^'whole life was exposed. 4* S;VV'*'''..'-iJ"*-' siiue, a vessel was seen 
some miles distant from our harbcr in want of a pilot,' Alone, in 
his boat he embarked to render her the assistant:e required, but ere 
lie reached her, his boat fouii'<)le^'/ed i« the sea, and he mt.-t a grave in 
that element over which he had "so olten n)de in its wildest Jury. ■ ■• 
,■ In expressing the ap])robation of the Massachusetts, H umani; So- 
■ tnety, and giving these more, endju^ing marks which i havij tlie hoii- 
y)r of i)res(;nting to you. please ty.;c'i'i»t. my jiersonal well. wishes for 
■yourselves and your faniilies, and believe me, gtfntlemni. Respect- 
fully yours, &c., ■ P. H. F()L(;KR. 
Nantucket, July 20th, 1S46. 

To Heman Eldkedge, Ebeneze-r Qc'ul^fjjj^^iurge Kifher, fosei)h Per- 
ry , Hiram Fisher, Jesse F.ldredge, Wi^.liam P;j.rTEKS()N^ ^lo.si-s 
Hamilton, Theoph. Key, John Hall, Henry Young, Meltiah l"^i4{ieV, 

,,,, , ' '' i»»»-» »■>*....;..• »». . , (.:,[► O^'-Jlyii 

1 he other case we mention was that oi the 
schooner Mary Anna. sWAnded in about the same 
place over tvventy-five''yeili"s^aft6r ilie first one, the 
men going in the nrglVi tiinie uver rotten ice, 
and with infinite risk of their own lives savimr the 



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lives of six, who were expecting to freeze, and we 
'take eJjpeciar pride in'presentiitg the names of,— 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 87 

Billiard Saloon 



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13o^vliiig Alleys ! 

Water Street, - - Nantucket. 

'I'lic K!":ii;ir«i J-,r.<n)ii ;i!i(l iuiv.;ii)i4' Ar.> y.-' I'l^- tliis .-imt li;i\ir.|L,' been 
tliorouyhly r<-i'uinisluid \vith iimv tables, ami n'-littrd in m-at and 
tasty inainier, are now opened to the public. 

SFP* The establishment ran bt.- rented for jiarties at very reason- 
able rates. 



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FOREIGN AND DOI^ESTIC GROCER, 

jSAKTUCKET, . . . MASS. 



^bip CJrocfrles of all kinds alTtaym on liand. 



08 IJAND BOOli OF NANTUCKET, 

Isaac Hamblin, Alexander Fanning, George A, 
Veeder, Joseph ?. Gardner, William Bates, Ste- 
phen Key, Jaines A. Holmes, Henry C. Coffin. 

We no\y conclude this vulume, with a directory 
of the public places, \ya" it of room coijipelling us 
to omit much we ha.l prepare4 to pyblLsh- 



^Jk^lVJCH.m'W l^IltECTOnir JPOR 1(^74. 



CHURCHES. 

First Congngationial — N. Centre Street; Rev. H. C. Crane, pastor. 

Methodist Episcopal — Centre Gtreet, ; Rev. S E. Evans, pastor. 

Unitarian — Orange Street ; Rev. ^^ A- Haskell, pastor. 

St. Paul's Ej^iscopal — Fair Street • Dr. A. E. Jenks, lay reader. 

First Baptist — Summer Street ; kev. G, O. Fish, pastor. 

Colored baptist — Pleasant St, cor. York, Rev, J, E, Crawford, pastor. 

Friends' Meeting House — Centre St. ; ^Ieetjngs First and Fifth Days, 

Friends' Meeting House — Fair St. ; Meeting First and Fifth Days. 

Roman Catholic — Federal Stre<t, neai M:nn. 



SCHOOLS. 
Town Schools in Academy Hill Building — head of Gay Street, Mr. C. 

M. Barrows, - rincipal, 
CoflTin Sch. f^l — Winter Street; Mr. E. 13. Fox, principal. 
Siasconset .School — Miss Lizzie Coggeshall, teacher. 
Polpis School — 
Tuckernuck School — 



LIBRARIES. 
Atheneum — Lower Pearl Street, corner of Federal. 
Mrs. George C. Ray's Circulating Library — Centre Street. 



PUBLIC HALLS. 
Atheneum Hall — Lower Pearl Street, Corner ef Federal, 
Atlantic Hall — Main Street. 
Wendell's Hall— Main Street. 
Pantheon Hall — Main Street. 
Town Hall— Lower story of Atlantic Hall building. 



HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET. 89 



LODGES. 



FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS. 



UnionLodiie, F&AM— J. S. Uarney, W M; B. F. Brown, S Wj 
W. B. Starbuck, J W; G. Sw<iiP, T; C. P. S-vaIn, Sec; R. F. Kent, 
S D; J. Chinery, J D; G. W. Defricz rnd S. W. Coffin. Stewards j 
J. \V. Hall.^tt. •) [This is th>'. 2>! oMe^.t ^|-:s.ani^ lod^e in the state.} 

Isle of the Sea. Ii-,vai Arch Cha-. ter.— T. S. Barney, H P; C. H. 
JaiTP^r, K; W. D. StHrlvick, S; G. W. Macy, T; O. F. Adams, Seci 
G. S. Wilb.n-, C of H; .3. F. :>.-..wa, P S; R. E. Kenny, R A C; 
W .[erne.?an, M 3d V; R. F. Kent, M 2d V; G. W. Defriez, M ist 
V; \V. H. Weston, •/■ganist. 

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 

Nantnrl^et Lodge, N .. f,6. (Tnstitiit.'d 1S45.)— A. T. Mwv'V; N Gj 
J Freeman. VG; A. 1 be ., Trtasunr ; VV. Jeniegsn, Secretary. 

Wanackm^mack, Encam ment of Odd F-^Jlows, No. 16.— 'W. Jer-, 
ne^^an, C P ; \ 0. Snra-oe, H T" ; A. T. M. wr>', S W ; H. Paddack„ 
I W ; W. H. W.vHt G ; W. C. L'Homm^diru, t ; C. H. Tracy» S»ft» 
tinel; Wm. H. C ffin, 3 D G P for tb's Encampment, 

DAUGHTERS OK REBEKAH, 

A lodge is about t-" I 2 in Lituled. 

V.'ilJis n H Waitt. iO O C ^^ for this district. 
The above lodges hold t'leirine, ling in SVrburnt IialT, Centre Sti 



SOCIETIES. 

Agricultural— Atheneum, (We"t Room,) A. M. Myrick, President. 

Howard Benevolent — Room on Federal Street ; Mrs. George Star- 
buck, President ; Mrs. Harriet Pierce, Secretary. The' Ladies' 
Howard Society was fcrmed in November, 1S36, by the union of 
three previously existing societies, viz : — The Fragment, Benevo- 
lent, and Charitable. The Howard Society was incorporated 1S46. 

Relief Association for the aid of Indigent, Aged Pec pie ; Invested 
Funds, $3,300. Subscriptions solicited. Mrs. Harriet Pierce, 
Mrs. David C. Ba.xter, Mrs. Sarah Townsend, Committee, and a 
board of Directors comprising twelve other ladies. 

Union Benevolent — Mrs. Mary B. Winslow, President ; Mrs. Sarah A. 
Coffin, Sec. and Treas., and a committee of twelve other ladies. 

Children's Aid— Organized in iS6i ; Miss L. S. Baker, Secretary. 

Sorosis ; Mrs. Elizabeth Crosby, President ; Mrs. Charlotte Pearson, 
Vice-Pres.; Mrs H. M. Robinson, Sec. ; Mrs. C. Starbuck, Treas. 

Humane— building and apparatus on Water street. There are about 
a dozen Humane houses located at various points round the island. 



90 HAND BOOK OF NANTUCKET, 



THANKS. 
Vacilic National H.tnk — Corner Main and Centre streets, (fmntin.i^ 

the S<}uare) ; Organized, 1804; Ca])ital, $200,000. F C Sanfoni, 

President ; Joseph Mitchell, Cashier. 
f«stitution for .Savings— M^in street, 2d door b low Centre, (4p one 

^ight); Jose-ph C Clj,a;>4', president; Matthew Barney, Trefisurer, 



jpyBI^IC OFFICES. 
Cu.stom House — in brUk building, owned by Pacific Club, corner of 

Main and Water streetH ; Jame« Codd, Collector ; Wni H Waitt, 

Deputy Collector and Inspector; Matthew Macy Insjiec tor. 
Post-Office — Main street, opposite Federal ; A Whitney, i)ostniaster. 
'J'owii Offices (Selectmen's Ro(»tn, Register of Deeds and Notary 

Public (Wni H Macy) Office. Toh'ii Clerk's and Collector of Taxes' 

Office, &c,) 'J"v»'n'^ building on Union street. 



COURTS. 
.Supreme and .Suptnior-- Town Hall ; George W Jenks, Clerk. 
Probate — Towns building; T C Defriez, Judge, Sam'l Swain, Reg. 



PRINTING OFFICES. 
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